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Saw Episode 11.
I'm putting my impressions of it in spoilers as the raws probably won't be available for another few hours.

Spoiler for Episode 11:

What else can I say about this episode besides Misa?
Well, bringing in Misa and Rem certainly stirs up the whole plot, bringing back the excitement that has been absent for awhile. However, this episode portrayed how clever L is, immediately pointing out that the killings were the work of a new Kira who can kill from sight alone, and deducing that this new killer is in possession of the shinigami eyes.
On the other hand, Light (with the smallest amount of screen time he gets so far), despite being elated at the emergence of a new Kira, exposes his uncertainty towards the situation, something which L already uses to his advantage by summoning him to L's base.

Misa's story on how she came into possession of the Death Note, and why she agreed to exchange half of her remaining life for the shinigami eyes will likely be explained in the subsequent stories, potentially leaving viewers who aren't familiar with the manga or movie left in the dark until then. For a teen girl, she surely knows how to disguise her voice (to the chagrin of Hirano Aya fans), although L probably took notice of any prominent charactetistics, much in the way he was able to see through the postage stamp camouflage. By the way, why did she give L 4 days to reply in the first place?

Souichirou is one tough cookie, haha. I suppose after barging his way into the TV station like that, he couldn't care about the consequences of pointing a loaded gun at a civilian.

So the Misa arc kicks in at Episode 11, less than one third of the scheduled story count. I guess then DEATH NOTE will cover Part 2 of the manga starting from Vol. 7.

Too bad next week will be a special recap episode. Hm, does this mean it will be included in the episode count, making the main plot effectively 36 episodes? (which makes sense from a DVD sales point of view). Definitely need to see and hear more Misa.

Too bad next week will be a special recap episode. Hm, does this mean it will be included in the episode count, making the main plot effectively 36 episodes? (which makes sense from a DVD sales point of view). Definitely need to see and hear more Misa.

Spoiler for Next episode:

If its just going to be classed as episode 11.5, then i believe we're safe from it being added to the overall episode count. Shall have to wait and see~

The VA for Misa and Rem were right on target. Perfect and cute for Misa and still good with Rem.

Spoiler for Episode 11:

Covers the end of chapter 2, with volumes 23-25. The ending was also perfect, had a much better impact than the manga. There are some parts that they nailed in the anime that they couldnt do in the manga. Yet still its getting better now, episode 10 was a small let down, not that much excitement, but with this episode we can kick start this new arc of excitement and yes more MisaMisa fanning to come.

@ eggplant: Im confused with what you meant at the end as a recap? From what I saw in the next episode, they just continued with the story, unless I'm missing something.

Hirano Aya in a strange way works alright for Misa.. though i always had more of a gentle voice in my head for her - sure to grow on me just like the rest of the cast. As for Rem - yay my favorite character finally appears. Her VA is absolutely fantastic.. done very nicely.

Spoiler for Episode 11:

I'm also in the same boat as Itachikun about the recap - i only posted that before 'cause i didn't see the episode.

from this eps, (i didn't read the manga by the way) i understand that Misa does know;

Spoiler for i dunno...:

- Kira#1 can not kill without the name. Meaning, Kira did not exchange the contract for the eyes of Death Gods...

- That she can control the victims' actions just before their deaths. So, she were able to send the file from Osaka. (Even she was in Osaka, i'm sure that she did so, because there would be lots of problems like borrowing point, fingerprint...)...

o Also, i believe that she can kill a person even his/her face is covered. Because Death Gods should be able to kill in the same conditions. If they could not, people would able to live through eternity by concealing their faces.. no..?

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o Also, i believe that she can kill a person even his/her face is covered. Because Death Gods should be able to kill in the same conditions. If they could not, people would able to live through eternity by concealing their faces.. no..?

Spoiler:

Remember Ryuk's explanation for why Death Gods kill humans? It's because they get time added to their lives based on how much earlier than their natural lifespan the human died. This implies that Death Gods are not the cause of natural death, or even most accidental deaths. It seems that all they do is kill a few people here and there to achieve immortality and spend the rest of their time killing time, as it were. It's probably best not to think of them as incarnations of death, but supernatural beings with a specific power over death. There's really no reason for them to exist, but they do (in the world of Death Note) and this is a story about their powers.

Remember Ryuk's explanation for why Death Gods kill humans? It's because they get time added to their lives based on how much earlier than their natural lifespan the human died. This implies that Death Gods are not the cause of natural death, or even most accidental deaths. It seems that all they do is kill a few people here and there to achieve immortality and spend the rest of their time killing time, as it were. It's probably best not to think of them as incarnations of death, but supernatural beings with a specific power over death. There's really no reason for them to exist, but they do (in the world of Death Note) and this is a story about their powers.

yess!!
right!! now i understand, thanx

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Judging from what Ryuk said, Shinigami "no longer" have any purpose in the world. This seems to be a strong sociological statement to me. When that statement is taken in conjunction with what Bahamut89 said, you can make conjectures about why Shinigami kill. On particular reason that could provide impetus for killings is that they are keepers of order. Evidence is as follows:
1. They must kill to stay alive.
2. They cannot tell what a person will do (they are not omniscient).
3. They are selective in their targets, though they most likely do not kill children, who would give them the longest lifespan additions--if they did that, they wouldn't need the Shinigami's eyes.
4. Assuming that, we can say they are not evil beings, and may have originally killed evil beings.
5. The portals from the Shinigami world see numerous facets of Earth; this could be to see when people were "sinning".
6. The Shinigami's eyes are partly a tool to see how fast you could stop a sinner's life before he does anything worse.
In that theory, Shinigami were first-action enforcers. I'm guessing that Ryuk's allusion to "no one cares anymore" to the author's implication that the world has become largely immoral and its ethics completely convoluted, which fits the overall theme of the series.

That sure was a nice twist, I was wondering how Light could kill these strangers, and it turns out it wasn't him at all. Its also interesting that Light already wants to get rid of the new kira, while misa wants to be friends? she'll sure get a nice suprise of what an ashol light is.

so misa has possession of "the eyes"...that is gonna cause L some head ache when she can kill with no name >.< i like to see how light is gonna use her (maybe?) abillity...
and the preview for ep 11...why is L screaming? O.o

HOLY F ME! That was a really good episode. I want to see the next one NOW! I was sooo not expecting that to happen at all, but I had the idea that no way he could be the only one in the world with a death note.

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